The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2067
First Quarter
49.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:35 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.2%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1791
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Oct 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.16% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.3° / 91.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -18.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.28° / 3.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.08° / -3.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 87.34° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.